Specialist Nursery Nurse- Paediatric Continence

Job summary

The post holder is responsible for providing support to nursing staff in the management of children and families within Paediatric Continence encompassing clerical, technical and ancillary duties.

Assist nurses with procedures, the post holder will be responsible for the coordination of the continence product provision (this is part of continence support and full training will be provided) and will provide toilet training to children and families who are open to the service where appropriate.

The post holder will receive patients into clinic and provide them with the necessary information and advice as advised by the clinical staff and provide a high standard of direct nursing care ensuring patient dignity and Safeguarding is maintained. Be able to work under remote supervision.

The Paediatric Continence Service provides a wide range of specialities for patients from the St Helens & Halton area. This role is to support the Paediatric service in covering clinics from 09:00 - 17:00. The service provides treatment and coordination for a range of continence conditions including bladder and bowel, night wetting, and day wetting up to 19 years of age.

The post holder must hold a full, valid UK driver's license and have access to their own car to travel between sites across St Helens and Halton.

An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.

Main duties of the job

• To create a child friendly environment by maintaining regular risk assessments, ensuring equipment and toys are clean and in safe working order, panic buttons checked regularly, emergency equipment checked daily, and Department decorated to a child friendly standard.
• To have an understanding of the different emotions and needs of the children attending the department, demonstrating good communication skills and a friendly manner.
• Utilising IT skills ensure patient electronic records are available for consultation and contain relevant information prior to the commencement of the clinic.
• Assist the clinician in joint clinics with any patient procedures and chaperone patients when required ensuring patient privacy and dignity is maintained.
• Give information and advice when appropriate to patients both verbally and written and ensure patients understanding of information and direct patients to other departments when necessary.
• Carry out appropriate patient care after appropriate training.
• At the conclusion of clinics ensure consulting rooms are cleaned and tidied and ensure all necessary documentation is directed to the appropriate department.
• To work at clinical, education and domiciliary sites across Halton and St Helens as required.
• Prepare and ensure all consulting rooms are ready for use prior to the commencement of specific clinics including cleaning rooms as per hospital policy and that all necessary documentation is available for use by the clinician

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Lowe House Health and Resource Centre

Crab Street

St Helens

WA10 2DJ

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Lowe House Health and Resource Centre

Crab Street

St Helens

WA10 2DJ

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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